Olbermann Out, Spitzer In at Current TV

Current TV, the cable news network co founded by former Vice President Al Gore, abruptly fired Keith Olbermann, the big-name but fractious political commentator it hired last year.

In his place, the network is launching a new show hosted by Eliot Spitzer, giving the former New York Governor a second chance at TV stardom. Mr. Spitzer's first venture, a talk show on Time Warner Inc.'s CNN, was axed last July after nine months on the...